Tagged: Puerto Villamil

Isla Isabella to Isla Santa Cruz: Not Cruz-ing with Pleasure

Isla Isabella to Isla Santa Cruz: Not Cruz-ing with Pleasure

Isla Isabella to Isla Santa Cruz: Not Cruz-ing with Pleasure. June 15. I was up at 4:30am to catch my 5:20am check in for my boat from Isla Isabella to Isla Santa Cruz.  A solid four hours of sleep.  I know the world thinks that I live this glorious life of just travelling and sleeping in late and hanging out at the beach and partying at night.  It is a good gig that I have, but it is not the...

Isla Isabela, Galapagos Swimming with Sea Lions

Isla Isabela, Galapagos Swimming with Sea Lions

Isla Isabela, Galapagos Swimming with Sea Lions. June 14 It was an easy start.  I had sleep last night.  It was a treat.  I checked out of my hostel and headed to the square of the Puerto Villamil for breakfast and seen that a stage was being built with huge band speakers.  A party!  So, I asked someone who could speak English and they told me that there was a grand fiesta tonight in honor of Father’s Day, and the...

Isla Isabela, Galapagos Los Tunels Tour

Isla Isabela, Galapagos Los Tunels Tour

Isla Isabela, Galapagos Los Tunels Tour. June 13. Up for a Galapagos Los Tunels tour at 7am after finally getting to sleep around 1:30am.  This is burning the candle at both ends.  I am afraid to look back to see how many days of insanity that have passed in a row this has been for.  8:20am in Ecuador means 8:40.  Eventually a boat hauled about 12 of us through very rough waters for 50 minutes to an area for snorkelling...

Galapagos: Isla Isabella Snorkelling, and Boobies, Crabs, Penguins and Iguanas

Galapagos: Isla Isabella Snorkelling, and Boobies, Crabs, Penguins and Iguanas

Galapagos: Isla Isabella Snorkelling, and Boobies, Crabs, Penguins and Iguanas. June 12. A 6am alarm is a disturbing sound when you have only had a few hours of sleep.  This is absurd.  I need to rest somewhere.  Too much is going on and too much awesome is happening.  Once I washed the black rings around my eyes and I said goodbye to Stephanie, I headed to the pier to catch a $30 boat ride to Isla Isabela, the largest island...